“American Idol”: More Beatles, but why?

The American Idol producers thought last week’s show went so well, they might as well doan “encore night” of Beatles songs. I guarantee youthey regret their decision today. Last night, most of the contestants chose to pass on some of the more well-knownBeatles songs, and very few performances stuck out. Luckily,

for Kristy Lee Cook though, no one was completely dreadfulthis week, either. Amanda Overmyer finally got a chance to open the show last night, and I thought shelooked great. Thank goodness they stopped overdoing it with her style.

As far as her sound, well,it was the same-old, same-old, and I think her time might be runningout unless she can show us something new next week.

Kristy Lee Cook wasas boring as usual. She is so out of her league in this competition,it’s ridiculous. Sadly, my favorite lady, Brooke White,was also fairly bland. She sang “Here Comes the Sun,” andwhen I say that’s what she sang, I’m being literal. Thosewere virtually the only lyrics she used in the entire performance.It was repetitive and awkward. She was totally out of her element,and I was totally disappointed. I’m just going to forget aboutthat performance and focus back on “Let It Be” and “Love Is a Battlefield.”

The one bright spot on thenight was our favorite Irish lady, CarlySmithson. She definitely loses points in my book, though,for her odd (and unnecessary) use of symbolism while explaining to Simonwhy she chose, out of the entire Beatles’ collection, to sing abouta blackbird.

I think I prefer her voicein the lower register. And she got a “7” tattooed on her hand, for Season 7 of AmericanIdol! Neat!

In Syesha Mercado’svideo clip, she revealed that her most memorable moment on Idol

thus far is being in the bottom three last week, and that she would besinging “Yesterday.” I was pleased last week that no one had chosen to massacrethe classic, but realized it was inevitable when they chose to repeatthe theme. Syesha’s version, although slightly altered and pitchyin parts, was actually fairly good. And I agreed with Simon (asI tend to do) that she probably saved herself with the performance.

Ramiele Malubay, on theother hand, is possibly in trouble. She wanted to choose an upbeatsong so as not to bore the judges again, yet she still managed to picka snoozer. What happened to “A Hard Day’s Night” or “LoveMe Do” or “Help”?

David Archuleta,

David Cook, Jason Castro, and Michael Johns all hadsolid enough performances to keep them around another week. Chikezie? Not so much.

Though I was off on my predictionlast week (Hey, my two choices were in the bottom three!), I’ll continue to offer one.